Asian Studies

Learning Resources Links

• Learning Chinese Online
• Multilingual Advanced Learning Online: http://www.langnet.org/
• The Global Language Network: http://www.lingnet.org/

Integrated Chinese

1. Listening Materials
   • Integrated Chinese Level1(for Chinese 101/102), Integrated Chinese Level2(for Chinese 203/204)
2. Characters
   • animation's of stroke orders of characters in Integrated Chinese
3. Others
   • multimedia software for Integrate Chinese

Chinese Cultural Links

• Marjorie Chan's China Links
• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (IGCS)
• The Complete Reference to China/Chinese Web Sites: chinasite.com
• Asian Art: Asian art, exhibitions, galleries, etc.
• Beijing Opera
• Chad Hansen's Chinese Philosophy Page. Information on Taoism and other Chinese philosophy.
• CHINA - A Country Study . History, geography, traditional Chinese society and culture, modern China, women, science and technology, agriculture, industry, legal system, etc.
• ChinaLinks for HyperChina Users . A wide variety of annotated links from SinoLogic.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine . Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Tai Chi (taijichuan), Chi Kung (qigong), and other related topics.
• Chinese Calendar . How to compute the date on which Chinese New Year falls in the western calendar.
• Chinese Culture (including martial arts, geomancy ( feng shui 'wind-water'), literature, legends/myths, folk arts and crafts (papercuts, etc.), festivals, food/recipes, etc.
• Confucius Introduction to Confucius' teachings, Mandate of Heaven, etc.
• Feng Shui and Qi . Chinese geomancy and qi (ch'i '(vital) energy').
• GoldenAge of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China .
• Hong Kong: City of Life . Hong Kong Tourist Association's info on Hong Kong, including festivals and events (e.g., Moon Festival, Chinese New Year), Chinese zodiac, etc.
• National Palace Museum . Online exhibitions from the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
• Tales from the Land of Dragons: 1000 Years of Chinese Painting . Exhibit from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• Shaolin Kung Fu . Learn about the history, philosophy, and styles of the oldest form of martial arts in Asia
• Wudang Martial Arts
• T'ai Chi Collection
• The Virtual Library: Martial Arts . Kung fu, Aikido, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, etc.
• China the Beautiful . Art, history, lit (online texts--classics, poetry, prose, novels), calligraphy, etc.
• Chinascape . Chinese web index: art, language, lit (online texts), culture, etc.
• Classical Chinese Literature . Chinese classics with each character hyperlinked to its definition and etymology.
• Xi Yu Si Electronic Library philosophy, classical poetry, classical proses, classical novels, classical criticism, classical erotica, and Lu Xun's works.